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I cannot get the screen to come up. it just shows the words auto.

Lens problems I am deployed and I sent my camera to my wife and she has managed to
brake it, I was hoping to get some help on this problem: When off, the
camera lens is in the position as if it were being used. When turning
the Canon Camera Powershot A530 on, the Canon logo screen comes on as
it should. Following the blue logo screen is 2-3 rapid beeps made by
the camera and a black screen is shown with the words, "Lens error,
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I have a Panasonic Lumix LX3
After 1 years use and no problem in downloading via the USB cable thousands of photos onto my AppleMac which I keep in Bridge in Adobe Creative Suite today my computer says it cannot open the folder from the camera, As usual the DCIM folder comes on screen. When I click on this I just get a black rectangle with 107_PANA underneath it instead of a folde with the same titler. The black rectangle will not open whereas the folder always showed the individual photos wh

First reinstall the driver and see what it is going on after ..If the camera connects automatically and no driver is needed..take a look on the card and see not to be locked from the button on the side..There is a possibility that you update th ...
Panasonic Digital Cameras

I just received the RebelXS 1000D for Christmas and when I follow the quick start guide and get to step #7 the subject matter does not show up on the LED Screen and only the Full Auto and ISO Auto prompts just show up on the screen. When I push the DISP button it disappears but the subject matter does not show up on the screen for focusing. What am I doing wrong?

Canon powershot A85=i cannot get the icons off the viewing screen-on left side going down i have the drive mode icon, evaluating metering icon, 1/2moonL con=fine compression Large, on top of screen going across i have auto flash fire icon, red eye reduction icon, auto rotate icon--how can i get ALL OF THESE OFF and just have NO ICONS on screen??please help...thanks...i tried default, and it will NOT take all the icons off....

Good Morning; My favorite grandson was playing with my Fugi FinePix S700 and now I cannot get the thing to work. Batteries are fine and fully charged. I cannot get the camera to view the picture I wish to take. All I can get on my wiew finder is the screen with the crosshairs. The camera is set on Auto mode. I wish to know how to get the camera to take pictures again, has there been a setting moved or something ??
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Fuji FinePix S700 Digital Camera

Lens conversion I often use a telephoto lens or another type of lens such as a panoramic. I cannot get my camera to switch back to normal lens usage. I do have the Conversion Lens: OFF in the menu option. In the screen though my camera still shows W========T there is no other. Any suggestions? Usaually there is a line between the W and the T to show zoom conversion. I cannot get that back.

Screen desplay I turn it on, and it shows that it is on but the screen is black..Every now and then when I turn it on the screen will come up but then it goes away. i can't get it fixed because I have lost the receipt! I can plug it into the computer and the pictures show up but i cant see anything on the camera screen. can anyone help me?!?!
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Mine just started doing the "Black Screen of Death" that according to numerous 'net sources is also quite common with Sony products. Since mine is almost two years old and out of warranty, and has seen somewhat moderate use , I took it carefully apar ...
VuPoint DC-MDV330-VP Digital Camera

Hi, I have a Canon IXUS 95IS camera.. For some reason, when I attempt to take a photo, the LCD screen isn't displaying what is actually in view? In movie mode it comes up on the screen but when i flick it to Auto or camera mode, the screen goes black and only shows the little icons... Weirdly enough, it still takes the picture but the really annoying thing is it doesn't show up on the screen what you're taking a photo of so it makes it really hard for the person taking the actually photo... can

Ah yes! you have pressed the display button. Turn the camera on and you see the icons in the display, look for the Disp button and press it, the display will cycle through its modes icons, black, image and icons. ...
Digital Cameras

I can not get the auto flash to work The screen shows on the left: iso auto, a box, M1 on the right the flash symbol A, auto, steady hand symbol, 1375 I try to take a picture and the camera won't take unless I turn off the flash. I have tried to change many settings in the function area, but I can not figure out what I accidentally changed in the first place. please help me to get my camera to work in the auto mode again

Black screen I seem to have done something which is preventing my camera from taking photos and here it is, Christmas Day! when I turn it on I get a black screen, I have been able to display a slideshow of the photos I have taken recently but cannot get a screen at all to show what I am aiming at and/or the past photos...help

This sounds like it might be a defective CCD imager. If so, Canon should fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways. This is regardless of your camera's warranty status. Please check the following two links for more info:\015\ ...
Canon PowerShot SD100 / IXUS II Digital Camera

My sony I just got a DSC-S40 from a friend. I actually swoped my previous camera for this one. When I switch it on, the lens seems to get stuck and not come out all the way. I makes a grinding noise and does not show any picture on the screen. The flash goes off when I push the button, and the little guide dots on the lcd screen shows, but the the screen stays black. I am able to view the photo's that are on the camera taken before this problem, but am unable to take any photo's now. The shutter

Camera problem Hi. I have a Pentax Optio M20 Digital Camera. When I hit the on/off button, the camera turns on, the lens zooms out for a second and then back in, then it shows the "Pentax Optio M" load screen, then it shows "Auto Picture" in the center and a green dot in the bottom left with the words "EV Compensation" next to the dot. While it's showing this last screen, it beeps 3 times right before the lens zooms out again then back in just before the camera turns off. I have changed the batt

I got it!!! on my cam i hold down the menu button at the same time power on, it will showup a " ver 1.00" and lens move a little maybe u have to do it 2 times but second time it should work ...
Pentax Optio M20 Digital Camera

Blank screen i was taking photo and i think the battery went off and the lense could not go back inside, it took like two days for me to replace the battery. When i put a new battery, later the screen went back inside but caanot open. the screen still black. when i press the on button, it shows the power on the auto only and cannot show any picture. what could be the problem? thanks

Ssue:\015\012\011\011The LCD/Electronic Viewfinder will not display an image or the image is distorted.\015\012\011\015\012\015\012\015\012\011\015\012\015\012\011\015\012\011\015\012\011\015\012\011\011\015\012\011\015\012\0 ...
Canon PowerShot A520 Digital Camera

Only Red When I turn the camera on the screen shows only a blur and not of the image of what I am taking, but just a color blur or a white blur, depending on the lighting. when I take the picture I get what shows on the screen. When I turn off the display and take a picutre the picture comes out like what is on the screen. Please help

This definitely sounds like a defective CCD imager. If so, Canon should fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways. This is regardless of your camera's warranty status. Please check the following two links for more info: \015\ ...
Canon PowerShot S500 IXUS 500 Digital Camera

When I turn on my camera black spots appear on the lcd screen. They have been getting larger and it is hard to take pictures, since I have no peep to look through. The spots do not show up on the picture, just the lcd screen. It is getting to the point that I cannot see everyone that I'm focusing on because of it!

Lens restart error on my Canon Powershot A460. Lens has come out and shutter cannot be closed, inspite of battery & card being removed from it. How ever many times I tried switching ON/OFF button after loading my recharged(may be partially charged) battery, it's not showing signs of recovery. Just one beep sound , a blue screen written Canon & a black screen written "Lens Restart error" comes alternatively according to the pressing of ON/OFF button.In this alternative cycle, for one cycle, a gre

The auto focus does not seem to be working. Pictures come out fuzzy. What can be done to fix this! Some of the pictures, when I use the "auto fix" on them, become unusable. Even pictures that look OK come out very fuzzy when shown on a full screen slide show.

Canon powershot sx10 camera--often when i open lcd viewer, it is black and i cannot seem to get it to come on----turn off and on again, open & close again--nothing seems to get it to come on. when it does show viewer there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it? any help is appreciated.

Optio M20 Camera: Press on/off button to power up camera, the camera opens the lens cover, turns on a red led inside the lens, cycles the lens out and back in,then makes about 5 little popping noises. The back screen shows Pentax Optio screen for a second, then then the screen displays the word Auto Picture in the center of the screen and Green Mode at the bottom and at the same time it cycles the lens out and in. And for a brief moment in the back ground of the screen you can see the picture st

I got it!!! on my cam i hold down the menu button at the same time power on, it will showup a " ver 1.00" and lens move a little maybe u have to do it 2 times but second time it should work ...
Pentax Optio M20 Digital Camera

When i turn on my samsung sh100 camera i get a weird menu screen. nothing works. it has power and the battery is charged, but on the touch screen it shows a small box with menu in it. aslo small boxes with ok, plus sign, up down left and right arrow and the samsung logo on the bottom of the screen. the screen is black and the boxes and words are in white, I rarely use the camera and don't have a clue with whats wrong with it

I bought the camera in the UK but I have since moved to Portugal and have only now had a chance to get the new camera out. This, I know, is my fault. But, nevertheless, I can't get it to work - the LCD monitor remains black when shooting whatever I do. It will take pictures via the optical viewfinder okay but I cannot get the screen to show. It works to display the settings etc but not for taking pictures so that when I press the display button it alternates between the photo settings (which

Canon models oddly do not support images on the LCD in every picture mode. Since the LCD works for settings, my guess is its in the wrong mode for the live view and its is not an issue with the camera's LCD.\015\012\015\012Here is a link to the ...
Canon EOS 500D / Digital Rebel T1i Digital Camera

When switch on the screen is black, it then switches off and there is a gritty sound as if there is some sand in the mechanism. The screen shows E18 in the bottom left hand corner. I cannot look at photos already taken, nothing comes up on the screen.

HelloThe problem is that the lens has become stuck in the barrel. There are some DIY solutions you could try, but the \015\012probability is t ...
Canon PowerShot A95 Digital Camera

My kodak easyshare m340 screen after taking a picture lasts too long before the next shot comes up on the screen. How can I get the screen to show the picture then go away faster??

Camera problems I can see the different setting symbols on the screen and when I turn it off and on I can see the canon pic it shows upon coming on. However, when I take a pictures I can no longer see the picture I am taken on the screen and although it appears to have taken the picture the picture turned out black. This starting taking place after my husband changed my settings I cannot figure out what to do to change it back. Please help.

This definitely sounds like a defective CCD imager. If so, Canon should fix this for you for free, including free shipping both ways. This is regardless of your camera's warranty status. Please check the following two links for more info: \015\ ...
Canon PowerShot A85 Digital Camera

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